Sherri Torjman is Vice-President of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy. She is the author of the book “Shared Space: The Communities Agenda” and of many Caledon reports including Reclaiming Our Humanity, The Social Dimension of Sustainable Development, Strategies for a Caring Society, Survival of-the-Fittest Employment Policy, Innovation and Community Economic Development, Caregivers and Dementia, Are Outcomes the Best Outcome? and Proposal for a National Personal Supports Fund.

Ms. Torjman wrote the welfare income series of reports for the National Council of Welfare and has authored four books on disability policy. She has worked for the House of Commons Committees on the Disabled and on Child Care, and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.

Ms. Torjman was co-Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Measures for Persons with Disabilities, which reported to the Ministers of Finance and National Revenue in December 2004.

Ms. Torjman taught a course in social policy at McGill University and is a former Board Member of The Trillium Foundation. In 2009, she was named one of the Top 25 Canadians by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons.

In 2009, she was named one of the Top 25 Canadians by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons.

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